Chemical fire extinguisher holder



i 1937. J. E. RUMFIELD 2,080,011

CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER HOLDER Filed June 2, 1956 l2 7 Q m '0Patented May 11, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHEMICAL FIREEXTINGUISHER. HOLDER James E. Rumfield, Henderson, Tex.

Application June 2, 1936, Serial No. 83,112

3 Claims. (01. 16926) This invention appertains to new and useful thesemembers l4-l5 serve to supp a fire improvements in means for supportingchemical tinguishing bomb l9. fire extinguishers, and especially of thebomb In the event of a sufficiently hot fire or heat ype. application tothe soldered portion H, the so]- 5 The principal object of the presentinvention dered portion ll will melt and permit the disconis to providea holder for fire extinguisher bombs neetiOn of the e s W the resultwherein the holder is constructed in such amanthat t bo b d ps throughthe holder and nor as to automatically release th bomb t breaks on thefloor or some other structure so that predetermined high temperature.the Chemical a c p other important object of the invention is While-theforegoing Specification sets forth the 10 to provide a fire extinguisherb b hi h i invention in specific terms, it is to be understoodstantially automatic in operation to the extent that nu r us ha s n thap s a d of releasing the bomb to extinguish a fire. materials y bresorted to Without departing Another important object of the inventionis to from the spirit a S p of the invention as hereprovide a fireextinguisher bomb holder which is ihafter Claimedof simple constructionand not susceptible to ac- Having described the invention, W is Claimedcidental releasement. as new is:

These and various other important objects and A fire extinguishing bombholder eemprising advantages of the invention will become appara Wallplate, a Struck Out Portion bent to define ent to the reader of thefollowing specification. a hook on the Wall p a bomb encircling band 20In the drawing: having a portion thereof disposed between the Figure 1represents a side elevational viewof the ook and plate for supportingthe band in subholder; stantially horizontal position, and a thermostat-Figure 2 represents a top plan i of the ically releasable supportmounted beneath the holder; band for supporting a bomb within theconfines t ure 3 is an end elevational view of the 0f the bandholder; 2.A fire extinguishing bomb holder comprising Figure 4 i perspective of tn plate a wall plate, a struck out portion bent to define Referring tothe drawing, wherein like numerals a hook on the Wall P a bombencircling hand n designate like parts, it can be seen that the holderhaving a Portion thereof disposed between the consists of the wall plate5 having the struck-out hook and Plate for supporting the band in ti 6which is t outwardly of t m t 5 stantially horizontal position, and athermostatand upwardly as shown in Figure 4 and provide liooallyfreleasable support mounted beneath the with inwardly pressed ribportions 1. The wall and Supporting a bomb Within the confines of plate5 is provided with openings 8 through which the band, Said band havingthe between 35 Screws 8 or other fa t i g means may be the hook and thewall plate laterally oiiset to preposed f Securing the plate 5 to a Wallor other vent circumferential movement of the band with supportingstructure. The plate 5 below the offrespect to the P set tongue 6 isprovided with a horizontal slot 9. A fire extmgulshmg bomb oldercompnsmg 40 The extinguisher holder further consists of the a g l a f fg pomon define 40 split band iii, preferably of metal, having the off- 9on e p p enclr 01mg band having a portion thereof disposed between theset portion H at its intermediate part for d1sosmon betwe n th t 6 d th1 t 5 hook and plate for supporting the band in sub- 2 e e ongfle an estantially horizontal position, and a thermostatumelhl represents dlskcurved horlzontany ically releasable support mounted beneath the andthis has the end portions of the band l0 seband for Supporting a bombWithin the co fi es u e thereto a at pm o metelhc of the band, saidreleasable support comprising bers 14-45 are each provided with a hookedend a pair of strip members each swingably support- !6, one of thesehooked ends being disposed ed at one end, and a fusible substanceinterposed 5O thlrlougllli the Isslot 9 in the wall plate 5, while titregetween the free ends of the strip members for ot er ook is disposedroug a slot in t e olding the same together in bomb supporting lowerportion of the disk 12. The free ends of the position. strips I l-l5 aresoldered together as at l1 and JAMES E. RUMFIELD.

